Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-14
Sales %, 100 bales.
GENERAL HAREEFs,
Produce and Provis1onE.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. l2.-Blour firm, with a
good demand-the prices ranging from 81 I0d
continued so until near the CO e, when #
we kened and closed sSeady; No. red cash
,l4@724;; Octob. 7l24s. closil g Tlh.c Novem-
b.r 7l4c December I25Ie, closing I23l; May
1873 6797Sc, closi g at 1879 Corn lower; cash
39% 64yc; o tober 1910; November SS56c;
January 3s15 6384c closing 3SA4c, May 4Ia4l44c,
C Osing a. Az. Oa's unchanged cash 243&@
241zc, October 247sc, November ga May 2s5lc.
@ m meal ste 4dy, s. 050210 WhisB ey steady
81 %. Provisions weak; pork irregular. new
S14 % Lar :, IS 25G6 30 Dry salt meats Mixed
shoulder s. %; long clears 81 S5G7 90; Clear
ribs 81 1901 80; short clears s. 6267 10.
Bacon Boxed suou' ders S. l2%, long
Hams ST. ady at Sl2014. Afternoon boa d.
Wheat easy; NO. , RED, cash, AZ; October
7IHo; November Ike bid Dec mber 725lc.
Corn lower and 70 sales, except May at Ale.
Oats quiet: May 2S%c.
NEW YORK, Oct I2.-Coffee-Spot, fair; Rio
firm at 1890. Options I3620 oints higher
and moderately active; ssles, 60 SIS bag Octo-
Her i 81; l. ysmber Il 55@15 co. De '9m6 6s
Is 90; March, II sC61s 90; april, II IS; May,
II 70@l7 g.; June, IL tGlT So September
II 309l7 IS; November (1ss8) II C09T 10; De-
cember (lSoS) 10 90. sugar firm fair -efned
4 1915; refined firm; mould a 83$96 8 Ice;
standard - . Is Ice; conIectlODeT's 6 16@
CSC; pow .ersd 614ci granulated l-l6G6&e;
cub 64Q65 Ice.
CHICAGO, III, Oct I2-When session
opened on Change there was show Of activity,
but t. was delusive, for extreme d1Aness fol
lowed IN all crow EXCEPT sea Ders Ia wheat
and business IN that Dit W 50 li&nt aud q togeth-
er l cal. First tndio atoms were fer better
prices, but they too proved delusise In both
wheat and corn before II a. m.r when wheat
was off u and corn "a Corn crowd deserted
pit very largely. Tactics peratei against very
favorable cables, but wAeat opera Ors stuck to
business I'D Def re noon December rallied
to G21.c after touching 467l3sc. While much
of the bu mess in the wheat pie was OF scalping
order, Jude meath this there was considera-
BILE quiet investing by holders, this with tact
except when scalpers attempted : re alize, gave
the marBeJ upward tendency. The most
depressing time OF The day followed the open
May to 775s. at noon November was at TX, &c
better than Tuesdays close; December at 725S,
&c be ter than close, and Ma at 49, The last
ha.f hour was marked by weakness caused by
local sellers and cl cling quotations we're, COM
pared with Tuesday, shade bette for near
puEs and one point of TO Ma November 70zS;
decidedly in favor of batter prices sor corn;
so were light receipts, but she spirit
of selling was the ruling one Of
day and bears easily pulled corn down &c
without even getG1 6 ~ activity in the pit.
Charters were liberia AIS. 009 bushels, but this
was not known in time 10 affect the market.
Receipts were SAG cars with $40 cars predicted
for Thursday November opened at 425c and
closed at 4l3sc December sold down from 4l%c
to A. "a and May at 4S2< TO 44Ac lowest and
closing prices. Provisions were weak and
business was done. Receipts OF hogs were lar
ger and prices lower This had depressing
effect on holders of produce and St ok came out
free y, the principal break 5etng 2Oc
on October short ribe, 'ich were left alone by
packers an closed at 81 90. January dropped
sc ard closed at S. liz. DC ober ard opened
at Sc 37K, declined TO Sc 27H and closed easy.
The shipping der and having fallen OF, other
futures opped sc and closed weak at the bot
TN, PORK broke sc and January closed a.
$l2 AZ. The eaoi tuteres closed as follows;
Wheat october 693ze; November 705icj De-
cember 723Gc, M6y &C Corn October 4lHe;
November axe De. ember Axe; May 44xc
Mess PORK January Sl2 22H. Lard october
S. 2ih: November IS 25 De
cember Sc %; January IS, So. Short
ribs - October 81 ok. Cas- quo
tsIions were firm. Flour Unchanged;
No. red nc. No. 2 'orn, 421kc bid. Mess
pork per barrel. SIS 5O614 0. Lsrd per 100
pounds, IS 37]z; short ribs, sides, loOs :, 81 %;
dry sailed shoulder, boxed, 50 eoG5 ~; short
Gear, sides, boxed, 81 1901 As.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. bacon
Easier: long lesr and clear ribs s. 3TH.
STANDARDIZATION and generally lower; centri-
fugals off: white 67z@6 ISc; choice yellow
clarified SIC; prime yellow clarified So &c, ON
yellow clarified 5 II 1695Zc. Molssses-Un-
settled and lower; open kettles. strictly prime,
4SG50c. Other ticles unchanged,